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Values for preventing influenza-related morbidity and vaccine adverse events in childrenLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:18. 2005....- Health-state valuations for pertussis: methods for valuing short-term health statesGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Health Qual Life Outcomes 3:17. 2005..S. Our objectives were: (1) to describe patient valuations of pertussis disease and vaccination; and (2) to compare valuations for short-term and long-term health states associated with pertussis... - Asthma self-assessment in a Medicaid populationAnn C Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 9:244. 2009.... - Reliability of a patient survey assessing cost-related changes in health care use among high deductible health plan enrolleesRobert B Penfold
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 11:133. 2011..Despite the widespread use of survey questions to measure changes in health care use and related behaviors, scant data exists on the reliability of such questions... 
Immunization status among children newly enrolled in a health plan: a new frontier for quality measurement?Tracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
Am J Manag Care 9:121-7. 2003..The current inclusion criterion is > or = 12 months of continuous enrollment. The new recommendation would expand the assessment population to include children with more recent enrollment...- Cultural competence policies and other predictors of asthma care quality for Medicaid-insured childrenTracy A Lieu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 114:e102-10. 2004..The objective of this study was to identify practice-site policies and features associated with quality of care for Medicaid-insured children with asthma... - The hidden costs of infant vaccinationT A Lieu
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA, USA
Vaccine 19:33-41. 2000..The financial costs of medical utilization and work-loss resulting from common vaccine-associated symptoms are non-negligible and should be incorporated in economic analyses... - Pediatricians' views on financial barriers and values for pneumococcal vaccine for childrenTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Ambul Pediatr 2:358-66. 2002..To 1) describe barriers to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine adoption and 2) estimate the value of the vaccine based on pediatricians' responses to willingness-to-pay questions... - Racial/ethnic variation in asthma status and management practices among children in managed medicaidTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 109:857-65. 2002.... - Variation in clinician recommendations for multiple injections during adoption of inactivated polio vaccineT A Lieu
Division of Research and the Vaccine Study Center, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
Pediatrics 107:E49. 2001.... - Computer-based models to identify high-risk adults with asthma: is the glass half empty of half full?T A Lieu
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
J Asthma 36:359-70. 1999..We conclude that prediction models that are based on computerized utilization data can identify adults with asthma at elevated risk, but may have limited sensitivity and specificity in actual populations... - A randomized comparison of home and clinic follow-up visits after early postpartum hospital dischargeT A Lieu
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
Pediatrics 105:1058-65. 2000..National guidelines recommend a follow-up visit on the third or fourth postpartum day, but scant evidence exists about whether home or clinic visits are more effective... - Computer-generated recall letters for underimmunized children: how cost-effective?T A Lieu
Division of Research, Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, CA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 16:28-33. 1997..To evaluate the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of computer-generated recall letters to parents of children overdue for immunizations... - Initial cost of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarctionT A Lieu
Division of Research, Permanente Medical Group, Inc, Oakland, California 94611, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 28:882-9. 1996.... - Computer-based models to identify high-risk children with asthmaT A Lieu
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94611, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 157:1173-80. 1998..We conclude that computer-based prediction models can identify children at high risk for adverse asthma outcomes, and may be useful in population-based efforts to improve asthma management... - Projected cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of healthy infants and young childrenT A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass 02215, USA
JAMA 283:1460-8. 2000..Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants has recently been found effective against meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia, and otitis media... - Varicella serology among school age children with a negative or uncertain history of chickenpoxT A Lieu
Division of Research, Pediatric Vaccine Study Center, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 17:120-5. 1998..Our main objective was to describe varicella seroprevalence among children ages 7 to 12 years with a negative or uncertain history of chickenpox... - A randomized comparison of home visits and hospital-based group follow-up visits after early postpartum dischargeG J Escobar
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program Perinatal Research Unit Division of Research, Oakland, California, USA
Pediatrics 108:719-27. 2001.... - Assessing costs and cost effectiveness of pneumococcal disease and vaccination within Kaiser PermanenteS Black
Kaiser Permanente Vaccine Study Center, 1 Kaiser Plaze 16th floor, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Vaccine 19:S83-6. 2000..Vaccination of healthy infants would result in net savings for society if the vaccine cost less than $46 per dose, and net savings for the health care payer if the vaccine cost less than $18 per dose... 
Trends in otitis media treatment failure and relapseColin M Sox
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 121:674-9. 2008....- The cost of medical care for patients with cystic fibrosis in a health maintenance organizationT A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 126 Brookline Ave, Suite 200, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 103:e72. 1999..Accurate cost estimates are needed to enable evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of new interventions and prenatal genetic screening recommendations... - Strategies for surveying families of Medicaid-insured children by telephoneNancy G Jensvold
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:17-22. 2003 - Asthma care quality for children with minority-serving providersAlison A Galbraith
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 164:38-45. 2010..To compare asthma care quality for children with and without minority-serving providers... - Impact of the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on immunization coverage among infantsNancy D Lin
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Pediatr 5:43. 2005..The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether introduction of PCV affected immunization coverage for recommended childhood vaccinations among 13-month olds in four large provider groups... - Projected cost-effectiveness of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarctionT A Lieu
Division of Research, The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California 94611, USA
J Am Coll Cardiol 30:1741-50. 1997..This study sought to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction under varying assumptions about effectiveness, existing facilities and staffing and volume of services... - Societal costs and morbidity of pertussis in adolescents and adultsGrace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Clin Infect Dis 39:1572-80. 2004.... - Financial barriers to implementing combination vaccines: perspectives from pediatricians and policy makersCourtney A Gidengil
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, Boston Massachusetts, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 48:539-47. 2009..Financial issues for pediatric practices that purchase and provide vaccines for children may be an important barrier to offering combination vaccines... - Pediatricians' self-reported clinical practices and adherence to national immunization guidelines after the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccineKaren C Lee
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:695-701. 2004..Special efforts may be warranted to ensure that pediatricians remain current with changing recommendations... - Pertussis in adolescents and adults: should we vaccinate?Grace M Lee
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 115:1675-84. 2005..Combined acellular pertussis vaccines for adolescents and adults are available in Canada, Australia, and Germany and may soon be considered for use in the United States... - Influenza vaccination among children with asthma in medicaid managed careSangeeth K Gnanasekaran
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Ambul Pediatr 6:1-7. 2006..To describe influenza vaccination rates and identify risk factors for missing vaccination among children with asthma in managed Medicaid... - Cost effectiveness of pertussis vaccination in adultsGrace M Lee
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Am J Prev Med 32:186-193. 2007..Newly available data on pertussis incidence were used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of one-time adult vaccination and adult vaccination with decennial boosters... - Gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children in the United StatesGrace M Lee
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
JAMA 298:638-43. 2007..In 2000, approximately 14% of children were underinsured for vaccines in the United States... - Outcomes after periodic use of inhaled corticosteroids in childrenAnn Chen Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Asthma 46:517-22. 2009..However, scant information exists on the clinical outcomes of children with asthma who are using inhaled corticosteroids on a periodic basis in real-world settings... - Predictive value of seizure ICD-9 codes for vaccine safety researchIrene M Shui
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Vaccine 27:5307-12. 2009..In conclusion, when using ICD-9 codes to identify seizure outcomes, restricting to the ED and inpatient settings of diagnosis may result in less biased preliminary analyses and more efficient vaccine safety studies... - Willingness to pay for a QALY based on community member and patient preferences for temporary health states associated with herpes zosterTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 27:1005-16. 2009.... - Opinions and practices of clinicians associated with continuation of exclusive breastfeedingElsie M Taveras
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e283-90. 2004..Unfortunately, little information is available on how clinicians and health care organizations can best promote continuation of exclusive breastfeeding... - Incidence of outpatient visits and hospitalizations related to influenza in infants and young childrenMegan A O'Brien
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:585-93. 2004.... - Clinician support and psychosocial risk factors associated with breastfeeding discontinuationElsie M Taveras
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Children s Hospital of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Pediatrics 112:108-15. 2003.... - Emerging issues in vaccine economics: perspectives from the USATracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Expert Rev Vaccines 1:433-42. 2002..To optimize the usefulness of vaccine economics research, conceptual issues, such as how to set values for the prevention of illness and how to maximize social equity through investments in vaccines, must be addressed... - Adoption of reminder and recall messages for immunizations by pediatricians and public health clinicsCheryl D Tierney
Harvard Combined Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 112:1076-82. 2003.... - Neonatal group B streptococcal infection in a managed care population. Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Infection Study GroupT A Lieu
Division of Research, The Permanente Medical Group, Oakland, California 94611, USA
Obstet Gynecol 92:21-7. 1998.... - Using electronic medical records to enhance detection and reporting of vaccine adverse eventsVirginia L Hinrichsen
Dept of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
J Am Med Inform Assoc 14:731-5. 2007..By coupling simplified reporting with the initial prompt, clinicians can consider and report a vaccine adverse event electronically in a few moments during the office visit... - Racial/Ethnic variation in parent perceptions of asthmaAnn Chen Wu
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215 5301, USA
Ambul Pediatr 8:89-97. 2008.... - The quality of chronic disease care in U.S. community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 25:1712-23. 2006..Although the quality of chronic disease care in CHCs compares favorably with that of care received in other settings, gaps in quality were observed for the uninsured... - Community and patient values for preventing herpes zosterTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 26:235-49. 2008.... - Modifiable risk factors for suboptimal control and controller medication underuse among children with asthmaLauren A Smith
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 122:760-9. 2008.... - High-deductible health plans: are vulnerable families enrolled?Alison A Galbraith
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th floor Boston, MA 02215, USA
Pediatrics 123:e589-94. 2009..The objective of this study was to compare the characteristics of families who have children and switch to high-deductible health plans with those who stay in traditional plans... - Attitudes of healthcare workers in U.S. hospitals regarding smallpox vaccinationW Katherine Yih
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Public Health 3:20. 2003..Vaccination is voluntary, and it is unknown what factors drive vaccine acceptance. This study's aims were to estimate the proportion of workers willing to accept vaccination and to identify factors likely to influence their decisions... - Effects of a law against early postpartum discharge on newborn follow-up, adverse events, and HMO expendituresJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
N Engl J Med 347:2031-8. 2002..After the mandate, newborns were less likely to be examined as recommended on day 3 or 4. Because of changes in hospital prices, the two policies had minimal effects on HMO expenditures for hospital and home-based services... - Preferences and willingness to pay for health states prevented by pneumococcal conjugate vaccineLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:283-90. 2004..To measure parents' and other adults' values for preventing disease associated with pneumococcal infection and to evaluate how including these values changes the economic appraisal of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine... - Comparing the medical expenses of adults with Medicaid and commercial insurance in a health maintenance organizationG Thomas Ray
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, Oakland, California, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:420-35. 2003..The costs of Medicaid-insured adults were substantially higher than those of commercially insured adults; these differences were likely due to higher rates of pregnancy and to worse health status among the Medicaid cohort... - Underuse of controller medications among Medicaid-insured children with asthmaJonathan A Finkelstein
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, 133 Brookline Ave, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156:562-7. 2002..Although studies suggest low rates of controller use, little is known about predictors of underuse among low-income children in whom asthma morbidity is greatest... - Non-traditional settings for influenza vaccination of adults: costs and cost effectivenessLisa A Prosser
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pharmacoeconomics 26:163-78. 2008..All analyses are from the US societal perspective... - Effects on breastfeeding of changes in maternity length-of-stay policy in a large health maintenance organizationJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 111:519-24. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Early postpartum discharge with outpatient breastfeeding support and a home visitor program has no adverse effects on initiation or continuation of breastfeeding... - Families' health-related social problems and missed referral opportunitiesEric W Fleegler
Division of Emergency Medicine, MA 001, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 119:e1332-41. 2007.... - Improving the management of chronic disease at community health centersBruce E Landon
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
N Engl J Med 356:921-34. 2007.... - Multiple vaccinations and the risk of medically attended feverNancy D Lin
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, United States
Vaccine 28:4169-74. 2010..These findings offer reassurance that the multiple vaccinations introduced during the decade studied were not associated with increases in medically attended fever... - Projected cost-effectiveness of statewide universal newborn hearing screeningRon Keren
Department of Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pediatrics 110:855-64. 2002.... - Periodic use of inhaled steroids in children with mild persistent asthma: what are pediatricians recommending?Gregory S Sawicki
Harvard Pediatric Health Services Research Fellowship Program, Children s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 47:446-51. 2008..2-0.6) for mild persistent asthma. Further research is needed on the effectiveness of periodic ICS use for children with mild persistent asthma and on underlying reasons for differing provider practice patterns... - Cost effectiveness of hepatitis B vaccination at HIV counseling and testing sitesSun Young Kim
Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Am J Prev Med 30:498-506. 2006.... - Impact of early newborn discharge legislation and early follow-up visits on infant outcomes in a state Medicaid populationEllen Meara
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 5899, USA
Pediatrics 113:1619-27. 2004..The objective of this study was to determine the impact of 1) legislation mandating coverage of minimum postnatal hospital stays and 2) early follow-up visits by the age of 4 days on infant outcomes during the first month of life... - Real-time vaccine safety surveillance for the early detection of adverse eventsTracy A Lieu
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Med Care 45:S89-95. 2007..Sequential testing procedures are needed to detect vaccine or drug safety problems as soon as possible after introduction... - An assessment of the safety of adolescent and adult tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine, using active surveillance for adverse events in the Vaccine Safety DatalinkW Katherine Yih
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Vaccine 27:4257-62. 2009..5-2 for the other outcomes. This study provides reassurance that Tdap is similar in safety to Td regarding the outcomes studied and supports the viability of sequential analysis for post-licensure vaccine safety monitoring... - Preventing stroke among children with sickle cell anemia: an analysis of strategies that involve transcranial Doppler testing and chronic transfusionMaitreyi Mazumdar
Department of Neurology, Children s Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Pediatrics 120:e1107-16. 2007..Uncertainty about the risk/benefit trade-offs of chronic transfusion has led some clinicians to decide not to offer transcranial Doppler ultrasonography screening... - Observed costs and health care use of children in a randomized controlled trial of pneumococcal conjugate vaccineG Thomas Ray
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Pediatr Infect Dis J 21:361-5. 2002..Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for infants has recently been found to be effective for prevention of meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia and otitis media, but it is more costly than previously introduced vaccines... - Mothers' and clinicians' perspectives on breastfeeding counseling during routine preventive visitsElsie M Taveras
Center for Child Health Care Studies, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:e405-11. 2004..Little is known, however, about the counseling provided during these visits and how mothers and their clinicians perceive breastfeeding counseling... - Health benefits, risks, and cost-effectiveness of influenza vaccination of childrenLisa A Prosser
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Emerg Infect Dis 12:1548-58. 2006..Thus, routine vaccination of all children is likely less cost-effective than vaccination of all children ages 6-23 months plus all other children at high risk... - Variation in hepatitis B immunization coverage rates associated with provider practices after the temporary suspension of the birth doseNancy D Lin
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
BMC Pediatr 6:31. 2006.... - Overcoming economic barriers to the optimal use of vaccinesTracy A Lieu
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 24:666-79. 2005..Partnerships between philanthropy and public resources have made progress in addressing gaps in vaccine financing and development for developing countries, but much remains to be done... - Impact of health disparities collaboratives on racial/ethnic and insurance disparities in US community health centersLeRoi S Hicks
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Arch Intern Med 170:279-86. 2010..The Health Resources and Services Administration Health Disparities Collaboratives (HDCs) were developed to improve care for chronic medical conditions in community health centers (CHCs)... - Length-of-stay policies and ascertainment of postdischarge problems in newbornsJeanne M Madden
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Pediatrics 113:42-9. 2004..quot;Ascertainment bias" may have confounded findings in previous reports that raised concerns about the safety of early discharge... - A randomized controlled trial of test-and-treat strategy for Helicobacter pylori: clinical outcomes and health care costs in a managed care population receiving long-term acid suppression therapy for physician-diagnosed peptic ulcer diseaseJames E Allison
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California Region, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1165-71. 2003.... - Safety of thimerosal-containing vaccines: a two-phased study of computerized health maintenance organization databasesThomas Verstraeten
Epidemic Intelligence Service Program, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Pediatrics 112:1039-48. 2003..Conflicting results were found at different HMOs for certain outcomes. For resolving the conflicting findings, studies with uniform neurodevelopmental assessments of children with a range of cumulative thimerosal exposures are needed... - Variability in asthma care and services for low-income populations among practice sites in managed Medicaid systemsPaula Lozano
Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Health Serv Res 38:1563-78. 2003..The lack of consistency within MCOs on many processes of care suggests that care may be driven more at the practice site level than the MCO level, which has implications for quality improvement efforts... - Use of asthma medication dispensing patterns to predict risk of adverse health outcomes: a study of Medicaid-insured children in managed care programsHarold J Farber
Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo, California 94589 2485, USA
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 92:319-28. 2004..Regular use of inhaled anti-inflammatory (AI) medication improves outcomes for children with persistent asthma... - Misunderstanding of asthma controller medications: association with nonadherenceHarold J Farber
Department of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente Vallejo Medical Center, Vallejo, California 94589, USA
J Asthma 40:17-25. 2003..This study's aims are to 1) test the hypothesis that misunderstanding is associated with decreased adherence to its daily use and 2) identify factors associated with increased risk of misunderstanding... - Patterns of concordance and non-concordance with clinician recommendations and parents' explanatory models in children with asthmaBarbara G Bokhour
Center for Health Quality, Outcomes and Economic Research, ENRM Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01742, United States
Patient Educ Couns 70:376-85. 2008.... - Cost-effectiveness of pneumococcal conjugate vaccination in the prevention of child mortality: an international economic analysisAnushua Sinha
Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey New Jersey Medical School, Newark NJ 07101, USA
Lancet 369:389-96. 2007..Our aim was to incorporate these data into an economic analysis of pneumococcal vaccination of infants in countries eligible for financial support from the Global Alliance for Vaccines & Immunization (GAVI)... - Newborn hearing screening: recommendations and rationaleAlfred O Berg
Am J Nurs 102:83-9. 2002 - Screening for chlamydia infection: recommendations and rationale. U.S. Preventive Services Task ForceAlfred O Berg
US Preventive Forces Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Am J Nurs 102:87-92; discussion 93. 2002 - The effectiveness of primary care-based interventions to promote breastfeeding: systematic evidence review and meta-analysis for the US Preventive Services Task ForceJeanne Marie Guise
Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence based Practice Center, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
Ann Fam Med 1:70-8. 2003..We wanted to systematically review whether primary care-based interventions improve initiation and duration of breastfeeding... - Prevention of herpes zoster: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)Rafael Harpaz
Division of Viral Diseases, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, USA
MMWR Recomm Rep 57:1-30; quiz CE2-4. 2008..Before administration of zoster vaccine, patients do not need to be asked about their history of varicella (chickenpox) or to have serologic testing conducted to determine varicella immunity... - Early thimerosal exposure and neuropsychological outcomes at 7 to 10 yearsWilliam W Thompson
National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
N Engl J Med 357:1281-92. 2007..It has been hypothesized that early exposure to thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative used in vaccines and immune globulin preparations, is associated with neuropsychological deficits in children...
Research Grants
- Family Decision Making and Burden Under High-Deductible Health PlansTracy Lieu; Fiscal Year: 2007..They will also create essential building blocks for future studies of how cost containment approaches affect the health of children, parents, and families. ..
- Enhancing Prevention for Children in Diverse PopulationsTracy Lieu; Fiscal Year: 2007..Support from this K24 award will come at a critical time for Dr. Lieu and for the junior faculty in her new Center. ..
- Communication, Perspectives, & Child Asthma DisparitiesTracy Lieu; Fiscal Year: 2005..This information is critical to the design of effective, culturally tailored interventions to eliminate disparities in health care for childhood asthma and other chronic diseases. ..
- Decision Analysis of Otitis Media Vaccination StrategiesTracy Lieu; Fiscal Year: 2005..The decision analytic model will yield information toward the optimal choices for current scientific inquiry, and will also provide a foundation for updated analyses as otitis media vaccines are further developed and tested. ..
- The Population-Based Effectiveness in Asthma and Lung Diseases (PEAL) NetworkTracy A Lieu; Fiscal Year: 2010....